Toronto Blue Jays coach Pat Hentgen given year off due to father's illness

The Toronto Blue Jays have given bullpen coach Pat Hentgen a year off to allow him to help look after his ailing father. Triple-A pitching coach Bob Stanley has been promoted to fill Hentgen’s spot, the club announced Saturday.

A team news release said Hentgen “has been re-assigned in the organization to allow him the time needed to support his family and his father’s current health issues.”

Hentgen, a former Toronto pitcher and Cy Young Award winner, had served as bullpen coach in 2011 and 2013. From 2007 through 2010 and again in 2012, he had been a front-office adviser, focusing on the development of minor-league pitchers.

Stanley, 59, was the Jays’ Triple-A pitching coach for the past two seasons. He spent his entire 13-year big-league career as a pitcher for the Boston Red Sox and was named to the Red Sox Hall of Fame in 2000.